How Tomorrow Moves| More...
 

Child Abuse

Ireland: Catholic Child Abuse Reports In Future May Be Censored

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Ireland, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Catholic Church, Child Abuse, Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, Ireland Child Abuse, Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, Irish Catholics, Irish Catholics Sex Abuse, Irish Catholic Schools Rape, Irish Catholic Rape Church, Irish Catholic, World News

DUBLIN — Ireland's next report into the cover-up of child abuse in the Catholic Church might be censored or delayed because its publication coul...

Read Whole Story

The Savaging of Sarah Palin

Heather Robinson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Attacks on Sarah Palin, Child Abuse, Sarah Palin Resignation, Sarah Palin, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, 2008 Campaign, Governor Sarah Palin, Media Bias, Home News
Heather Robinson

Whatever your opinions, Palin and her family were savaged in a manner that went beyond any reasonable standard.

Read Post

This Isn't About Michael Jackson

Jane Devin | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tabloids, Michael Jackson, Fame, Sexual Molestation, Child Abuse, Poverty, Wealth, Culture, Entertainment News
Jane Devin

Why do we so often scramble to make excuses for the bad acts of celebrities when we wouldn't do the same for our neighbors?

Read Post

BABY FOUND IN SHOEBOX With Breathing Hole in Long Island

Posted 07.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Baby Found in Shoebox With Breathing Hole, Child Abandonment, Child Abuse, New York, New York News

From NowPublic News Coverage An abandoned baby was found in a shoebox with a breathing hole in the lobby of an apartment building in Long Island, New...

Read Whole Story

Sexual Abuse Takes Toll on Victims

Trish Kinney | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Abuse, Chronic-Pain, Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome, Healing, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Sexual Abuse, Mayo Clinic, Living News
Trish Kinney

The emotional stress of being a victim of sexual abuse may lead to physical illness such as fibromyalgia, chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and even cancer.

Read Post

Fathers Matter "Now" More Than Ever

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Jerry Lewis, Crime, Single Mothers, Gloria Steinem, Politically Correct, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, Male Influence, Gen Robert E Lee, Bill Cosby, Father's Day, Barack Obama, Fatherless Boys, Pragmatic, Mental Illness, Charles Manson, Clinton, Child Abuse, George Washington, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pop-Psyche Culture, Fatherless Children, Billy the Kid, Jack the Ripper, Nario Cuomo, Mark Twain, Happy Father's Day, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Male influence in a child's life is invaluable, irreplaceable and necessary for most of us. There, I said it.

Read Post

Shalita O'Neale Pays it Forward

Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Leadership, Shalita O'Neale, Leaders, Run DMC, Child Abuse, Child Watch, Children, Adopt, No Child Left Behind, Rock, Thought Leaders, Foster Care, Children's Health, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Adoption, Eyes & Ears News
Timothy Cooper

Youth should be sitting around the table with the policy and decision-makers, as no one knows the foster care system better than the youth who've lived in it.

Read Post

Feral Russian Girl Raised By Cats And Dogs In Siberia: Police

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Cats, Girl Raised by Cats and Dogs, Feral Girl, Foreign Affairs, Siberia, Feral Russian Girl, Animals, Dogs, Advocacy, Russian Alcoholism, Natasha Feral Child, Dmitry Medvedev, Natasha, Russia Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Russian Child Abuse, Alcoholism, Russia Child Abuse, Chita, Girl Russian Raised Cats Dogs, Girl Is Raised by Cats and Dogs, Siberian Child Raised by Dogs, Siberian Child 'Raised by Dogs', Russian Girl Raised by Dogs, Feral Girl in Siberia, Siberian Girl Raised by Dogs, Russian Girl Raised by Cats and Dogs, Feral Girl Russia, Russian Feral Girl, Feral Girl Siberia, Russian Police Find Feral Girl in Siberia, Natasha Raised by Dogs, Russia Girl Raised by Dogs, Police Find Feral Girl in Siberia, World News

In a real-life "Jungle Book" situation, a 5-year-old Russian girl has been rescued from an un-heated Siberian flat, where she has lived her entire lif...

Read Whole Story

Ireland To Demand Catholic Church Pay Additional Reparations For Child Abuses

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Ireland, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Religion, Catholic Church, Catholic Child Abuse, Child Abuse, Irish Catholics, Irish Catholic Child Abuse, Brian Cowen, Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, World News

DUBLIN — Ireland's government announced Tuesday it will summon Roman Catholic orders and demand they contribute more funds to the thousands of p...

Read Whole Story

Baby P Mother, Stepfather Jailed For Toddler's Death

guardian.co.uk | James Sturcke and Agencies | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Child Abuse, Rape, England Baby P, Baby P Trial, Baby P Mother, Crime, Baby P, Baby P Stepfather, World News

Baby P's mother was jailed indefinitely today for causing or allowing her son's death, as an official report said the killing "could and should have b...

Read Whole Story

Irish Reform Schools: Thousands Beaten, Raped

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, Rape, Ireland, Ireland Roman Catholic Schools, Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, Irish Schools Rape, Irish Reform Schools, Irish Government, Investigation of Roman Catholic Schools in Ireland, Ireland Reform Schools Abused, Irish Priests Beat Children, Irish Reform School, Thousands Beaten, Raped in Irish Reform Schools, Irish Christian Brothers, Christian Brothers, Irish Catholic Schools Rape, Irish Schools, Irish Priests and Nuns, Christian Brothers Pedophile Organisation, A Nine-Year Investigation of Ireland's Roman Catholic-Run Reform Schools, Irish Catholic Rape Church, Nuns Raped by Priests, Irish Catholic, Irish Reform School Scandal, Republic of Ireland, World News

DUBLIN — After a nine-year investigation, a commission published a damning report Wednesday on decades of rapes, humiliation and beatings at Cat...

Read Whole Story

Do Lap Dances and Humiliation Treat ADHD -- and Should Public Schools Pay?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Education, Child Abuse, Teens, Drugs, Mount Bachelor Academy, Schools, Troubled Teens, Idea, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

The stories of psychological abuse coming out of Mount Bachelor Academy are every bit as bad as I have heard from teens and parents at chains of programs that have far worse reputations.

Read Post

Our Moral Obligation

Lise Van Susteren | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Suicide, Psychiatry, Child Abuse, Mental Health, Climate Change, Green News
Lise Van Susteren

Lethal global overheating - strike the innocuous sounding "global warming" - is not something that may happen in the next century or even mid-century - it is happening now.

Read Post

Child Abuse Spikes As U.S. Economy Flounders

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Child Abuse Increases, Child Abuse Spikes, Child Abuse, Child Abuse Economy, Child Abuse Increase, Economy Child Abuse, Home News

One 4-month-old baby was shaken so violently she needed surgery. Another 3-week-old suffered fractured ribs from abuse at home. A 9-year-old diabetic ...

Read Whole Story

Children Who Kill Never Had A Chance

Johann Hari | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

Read More: Murder, South Yorkshire, Britain, Child Abuse, Child Murder, England, World News
Johann Hari

Two brothers -- aged ten and eleven -- have been charged with torturing two other, younger kids. Children who kill are a question of mental health, not morality. They are internally destroyed children, not devils.

Read Post

'Italian Fritzl' Arrested With Son For Enslaving Daughter: Police

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Italian Fritzl, Child Abuse, Abuse, Crime, Josef Fritzl, Italy, Josef Frizl Sentence, Sexual Abuse, Europe, Italian Josef Fritzl, Josef Fritzl Trial, Sexual Violence, Rape, Austria, Fritzl, Italian Frizl, Turin Abused Daughter 25 Years, Italian Man Who Raped His Daughter, World News

An Italian man from Turin has been arrested for sexually abusing his daughter for over 25 years and encouraging his son to do the same. This case has...

Read Whole Story

Bolivia: Girl In Coma Almost Buried Alive

CNN | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: South America, Abuse, Child Abuse, Toddler in Coma, Buried Alive, Latin America, Bolivia, La Paz, World News

A 3-year-old Bolivian girl whose parents thought was dead and were preparing to bury remained in a coma but was improving Friday, while her mother and...

Read Whole Story

This Economy is a Real Killer

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Unemployment, Child Abuse, Social Indicators, Homicide, Human Costs, Suicide, Social Costs, Recession, Domestic Violence, Obama, Joblessness, Stimulus Plan, Living News
Peter Dreier

Every day, week, and month that the current recession continues, and even deepens, more people die, get seriously injured physically, and suffer emotional hardships that can scar them for life.

Read Post

Teen Sexual Harassment at Work -- An Underreported Scandal

Maria Hinojosa | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Teenager, Child Abuse, Workplace Abuse, Girl, Sex, Job, Teen, Sexual, Teenage, Now, Sexual Abuse, Now on PBS, Harassment, Video, Media News
Maria Hinojosa

The response to my latest NOW on PBS report -- about sexual harassment of teenage girls in the workplace, airing this Friday -- has been like no other.

Read Post

New Sex-Abuse Scandal Divides Irish Catholics

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

Read More: Dublin, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Europe, Child Abuse, Catholic Church, Catholic Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Irish Catholics Sex Abuse, Ian Elliott, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Irish Catholics, John Magee, World News

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland's most prominent Roman Catholic leader, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, questioned Tuesday whether all of his fe...

Read Whole Story

Mothers, Empathy, and Child Neglect

Dan Agin | Posted 01.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Child Neglect, Parenting, Empathy, Child Abuse, Children, Living News
Dan Agin

The way we rear children has changed through history and it differs from one place to another. What also changes are views about child neglect.

Read Post

British Teen Gang Rape Victim Shares Her Story

The Independent | Tom Rayner | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Teenager Gang Rape Victim, Rape, Child Abuse, Teen Gang Rape, East London Gang Rape, Hackney Gang Rape, BBC Radio, United Kingdom Gang Rape, Europe, Sexual Abuse, World News

A schoolgirl who was brutally raped and beaten by a gang of nine boys spoke today of how the ordeal has destroyed her life. The 15-year-old said the ...

Read Whole Story

International Child Pornography Crackdown Leads To 19 Arrests

The Age | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Child Porn Australia, Child Abuse, International Child Pornography, 19 Arrested Child Pornography, Child Porn, Child Pornography, Neil James Williams, Child Pornography Australia, Child Pornography Crackdown, World News

A MAJOR investigation into an international child pornography network has resulted in the arrest of 19 Australian men including a retired Victorian QC...

Read Whole Story

Reading Between the Lines in The Reader: When is Abuse Not Abuse?

Thelma Adams | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Germany, Kate Winslet, Holocaust, Academy Award Nominees, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Hugh Jackman, Film, Auschwitz, Sexual Abuse, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, David Hare, Oscar Nominees, Child Abuse, Statutory Rape, Harvey Weinstein, Nazis, Sexual Double Standard, Gender Issues, Literary Adaptation, Annie Liebowitz, Cougar Women, Bernard Schlink, Entertainment News
Thelma Adams

The Reader? It's goodish. And Kate Winslet is, as ever, brilliant. And it has Nazis, which elevates it on the Oscar nom scale. But it doesn't fully address the fact that Michael is a victim of abuse.

Read Post

Ruinedscape: A New Form of Internet Based Child Abuse

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Internet, Child Abuse, Internet Games, Health, Living News
Doug Bremner

My son is locked out of an account where he built up his online status over two years and has to start over where he will be insulted by other online gamers as a "newbie."

Read Post